Journal articles

Variation in Granule Bound Starch Synthase I (GBSSI) loci amongst Australian wild cereal relatives (Poaceae) (with Frances M. Shapter, Peter Eggler, and Robert J. Henry), Journal of Cereal Science (2009)

A complex cascade of enzymes is responsible for the development of starch granules in grain...

 
Endonucleolytic Mutation Analysis by Internal Labeling (EMAIL) (with Michael J. Cross, Daniel LE Waters, and Robert J. Henry), Electrophoresis (2008)
 
Endosperm and starch granule morphology in wild cereal relatives (with Frances M. Shapter and Robert J. Henry), Plant Genetic Resources (2008)
Australia's native grass species contain a diverse array of wild cereal relatives which are adapted...
 
Genetic diversity of ICARDA’s worldwide barley landrace collection (with Abderrazek Jilal, Stefania Grando, Robert J. Henry, Nicole F. Rice, Helen Hill, Michael Baum, and Salvatore Ceccarelli), Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2008)

Twenty genic- and genomic SSR markers were used to study genetic diversity and geographical differentiation...

 
A quinolizidine alkaloid O-tigloyltransferase gene in wild and domesticated white lupin (Lupinus albus) (with Yihua Chen and Robert J. Henry), Annals of Applied Biology (2007)
Wild white lupins have high levels of alkaloids, which cause a bitter taste, whereas domesticated...
 
Domestication to crop improvement: genetic resources for sorghum and saccharum (Andropogoneae) (with Sally L. Dillon, Frances M. Shapter, Robert J. Henry, Giovanni Cordeiro, and Liz Izquierdo), Annals of Botany (2007)

Background: Both sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) are members of the Andropogoneae tribe...

 
The ripening wine grape berry skin transcriptome (with Daniel LE Waters, Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Science (2006)
Ripening of the grape berry immediately precedes harvesting and is the key phase which determines...
 
cDNA microarray analysis of developing grape ( Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz) berry skin (with Daniel LE Waters, Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), Functional & Integrative Genomics (2004)
Microarray analysis of Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz developing berries has revealed the expression patterns of...
 
Geographic variation in the essential oils and morphology of natural population of Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae) (with Lyndon Brooks, Laura E. Homer, Maurizio Rossetto, Robert J. Henry, and Peter R. Baverstock), Biochemical Systematics & Ecology (2002)

In recent decades, Melaleuca alternifolia has been grown in plantations for the commercial production of...

 
Grape (vitis vinifera L.) BAC library construction, preliminary STC analysis, and Identification of Clones Associated with Flavonoid and Stilbene biosynthesis (with Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Daniel G. Peterson, Tae-Jin Yang, Effie F. Ablett, Robert J. Henry, Daniel LE Waters, and Rod A. Wing), American Journal Enology and Viticulture (2001)
We have constructed a grape BAC library using the cultivar Syrah. The library contains 55,296...
 
The reproductive biology and genetic diversity of Potamophila parviflora R. Br (with Margaret A. Wheeler and Robert J. Henry), Genetic Resoures and Crop Evolution (2001)

Potamophila parviflora, a wild relative of domestic rice, is endemic to the north-eastern river systems...

 
AFLP markers distinguishing an early mutant of flame seedless grape (with Kirsten D. Scott, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), Euphytica (2000)
Molecular markers have been frequently used to differentiate grape species and cultivars. There are fewer...
 
Analysis of grape ESTs: global gene expression patterns in leaf and berry (with Effie M. Ablett, George G. Seaton, Kirsten D. Scott, Dale A. Shelton, Michael W. Graham, Peter R. Baverstock, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Science (2000)

Analysis of 2479 ESTs from Vitis vinifera berry tissue and 2438 from leaf revealed that...

 
Analysis of SSRs derived from grape ESTs (with Kirsten D. Scott, Peter Eggler, George G. Seaton, Maurizio Rossetto, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2000)
One hundred and twenty four microsatellites were isolated from analysis of 5000 Vitis expressed sequence...
 
Interspecific amplification of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia-Myrtaceae) microsatellite loci-potential implications for conservation studies (with Maurizio Rossetto, Fiona CL Harriss, A McLauchlan, Robert J. Henry, and Peter R. Baverstock), Australian Journal of Botany (2000)
This study investigated the interspecific amplification of 35 microsatellite loci developed for M. alternifolia across...
 
Natural variation in the essential oil content of Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel (Myrtaceae) (with Laura E. Homer, David N. Leach, David Lea, Robert J. Henry, and Peter R. Baverstock), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (2000)
The composition and yield of oil in 615 trees representing the natural populations of Melaleuca...
 
Abundance and polymorphism of microsatellite markers in the tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia, Myrtaceae) (with Maurizio Rossetto, A McLauchlan, Fiona CL Harriss, Robert J. Henry, Peter R. Baverstock, Tina L. Maguire, and Keith J. Edwards), Theoretical and Applied Genetics (1999)
The sequencing of 831 clones from an enriched microsatellite library of Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae) yielded...
 
Microsatellite variation and assessment of genetic structure in tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia– Myrtaceae) (with Maurizio Rossetto, R W. Slade, Peter R. Baverstock, and Robert J. Henry), Molecular Ecology (1999)
Analysis of five microsatellite loci in 500 Melaleuca alternifolia individuals produced 98 alleles that were...
 

Book chapters

Commercial applications of plant genotyping (with Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping: the DNA fingerprinting of plants (2001)
 
Molecular analysis of wild plant germplasm: the case of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) (with Maurizio Rossetto, Laura E. Homer, and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping: the DNA fingerprinting of plants (2001)
 

Conference publications

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CEL I and the EMAIL mutation scanning assay (with Michael J. Cross, Daniel LE Waters, and Robert J. Henry), International Plant and Animal Genome XVI Conference (2008)
Scanning for unknown mutations has been advanced by mismatch cleavage techniques. Pioneering methods include the...
 

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EMAIL - a highly sensitive tool for specific mutation detection in plant improvement programs (with Michael J. Cross and Robert J. Henry), IAEA International Symposium on Induced Mutation in Plants (ISIM) (2008)

TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes) is a useful tool for discovery of specific...

 

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Identification of novel starch traits in sorghum (with Helen Hill and Robert J. Henry), 58th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2008)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is the fifth most important cereal grain crop in the world...
 
A novel detection strategy for scanning multiple mutations using CEL I mismatch cleavage and capillary electrophoresis (with Michael J. Cross, Daniel LE Waters, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes XV Conference (2007)
CEL I endonuclease cleavage of heteroduplex DNA is noted as an efficient, high-throughput technique for...
 
A phylogenetic analysis of the waxy gene in a selection of Australian native cereal species and their closest commercial cereal relatives (with Frances M. Shapter, Peter Eggler, and Robert J. Henry), Breeding for success: diversity in action: proceedings of the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (2006)
 
An analysis of the variation in the waxy gene in Australian native grass species (with Frances M. Shapter and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)
Global cereal consumption is derived from just eight of the 650 different genera within the...
 
Application of genomics to germplasm analysis for sorghum and sugarcane improvement (with Robert J. Henry, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Sally L. Dillon, and Liz Izquierdo), OECD Workshop: Domestication, super-domestication and gigantism: Human manipulation of plant genomes for increasing yield (2006)

Both sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) are members of the Andropogoneae tribe in...

 

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Characterization of a quinolizidine alkaloid O-tigloyltransferase gene in wild and domestic white lupin (L. albus) (with Yihua Chen and D J. Luckett), Third 3rd International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics (2006)
 

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Induced plant mutation and molecular analysis as a route to genetic improvement of specific grain quality traits (with Liz Izquierdo, Nicole F. Rice, Gary A. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference: Breeding for success : diversity in action (2006)
 
Mining genomes for improved product quality and human nutrition (with Robert J. Henry, Louis MT Bradbury, Peter C. Bundock, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Michael J. Cross, Allison C. Crawford, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, Liz Izquierdo, Brett G. Kennedy, Shane R. McIntosh, Toni Pacey-Miller, Nicole F. Rice, Frances M. Shapter, Loraine Watson, Jessica F. White, and Daniel LE Waters), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)
Analysis of polymorphisms at the SNP level has been facilitated by the development and application...
 
Molecular analysis of induced plant mutations as a route to genetic improvement of specific grain quality traits (with Liz Izquierdo, Nicole Rice, Yihua Chen, Michael J. Cross, and Robert J. Henry), Tropical Crop Biotechnology Conference (2006)
 
Molecular analysis of induced plant mutations as a route to genetic improvement of specific grain quality traits (with Liz Izquierdo, Nicole Rice, Yihua Chen, Michael J. Cross, and Robert J. Henry), Tropical Crop Biotechnology Conference (2006)
 
Novel uses of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) grain: a genetic approach (with Liz Izquierdo, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the 5th Australian Sorghum Conference (2006)
 

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Targeted mutagenesis in sorghum using an improved high-throughput screening platform – a reverse genetics strategy to complement the sorghum genomics effort (with Michael J. Cross, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)
As a natural complement to the Sorghum Genomics effort, our group has undertaken a reverse...
 
Targeting induced point mutations in specific genes in sorghum (with Michael J. Cross, Liz Izquierdo, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of 5th Australian Sorghum Conference, Gold Coast, Qld., 30 January-3 February (2006)
 
The role of biobanking as a tool for plant breeding (with Nicole F. Rice and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference: Breeding for success : diversity in action (2006)
 
A scanning electron microscope study of endosperm morphology in native grains (with Frances M. Shapter, Maxine Dawes, and Robert J. Henry), to Connect 2005: chemical challenges for the 21st century: the 12th Royal Australian Chemical Institute Convention (2005)
 
A scanning electron microscope study of endosperm morphology in native sorghums (with Frances M. Shapter, Maxine Dawes, and Robert J. Henry), 8th International Workshop on Seed Biology (2005)
 
Applying functional genomics to sorghum (Sorghum bicolour L.) (with Liz Izquierdo, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), Cereals: the future challenge: the ICC Jubilee Conference (2005)
 
Associations between phenotype variation and gene alteration in induced mutations (with Liz Izquierdo, Yihua Chen, Nicole Rice, and Robert J. Henry), XVII International Botanical Congress (2005)
 
Development of a highly efficient rice transformation platform to test gene function in rice and other cereals (with Nigel Slator and Robert J. Henry), Contributing to a Sustainable Future: Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology Conference (2005)
 
Sorghum - a grain with a future in the food industry (with Liz Izquierdo, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), 89th American Association of Cereal Chemists Annual Meeting (2005)
 
Can genomics revolutionise genetics and breeding in sugarcane? (with John M. Manners, C Lynne McIntyre, Rosanne E. Casu, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Mark Jackson, Karen S. Aitken, Phillip Jackson, Graham Bonnett, and Robert J. Henry), New directions for a diverse planet: Proceedings of the 4th International Crop Science Congress (2004)
Sugarcane has the most complex genome of any crop plant. Commercial sugarcane cultivars are the...
 
Modifying sorghum starch/protein structure for human consumption (with Liz Izquierdo, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), Cereals 2004: Proceedings of Seeding the Future the 54th Cereal Chemistry Division Conference of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (2004)
 
Preliminary study to establish the best y-irradiation dose to induce mutation in three important crop seeds (with Liz Izquierdo, Loraine Watson, and Robert J. Henry), 5th Australasian Workshop on Mutation Detection (2004)
 
Cooperative research centre for innovative grain food products (with Graham McMaster, Ken Quail, and Robert J. Henry), Barley Technical / Cereal Chemistry Conference: Proceedings of the 11th Australian Barley Symposium and the 53rd Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2003)
 
Gene discovery in grapes: the grape genome project (with Effie M. Ablett, Toni Pacey-Miller, Daniel LE Waters, Guo-Hua Miao, Maureen Dolan, Michael Hanafey, Scott V. Tingey, and Robert J. Henry), Congress on In Vitro Biology (2003)
The grape genome project is combining large-scale EST analysis, a 16 times BAC library, and...
 
A BAC library for grape and strategies for the development of a physical framework for the grape genome (with Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Daniel G. Peterson, Tae-Jin Yang, Dorrie Main, Effie M. Ablett, Robert J. Henry, Timothy A. Holton, Daniel LE Waters, and Rod A. Wing), Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference (2002)
We have constructed a grape BAC library using the cultivar Syrah. The library contains 55,296...
 
Grapevine ESTs: expression comparisons and access to sequences (with Effie M. Ablett, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Daniel LE Waters, Toni Pacey-Miller, and Robert J. Henry), Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference (2002)
 
Grapevine genomic access (with Effie M. Ablett and Robert J. Henry), Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference (2002)
Sequencing of grapevine ESTs from fourteen cDNA libraries covering a wide range of tissues has...
 
Reproductive biology and genetic diversity of potamophila parviflora (with Margaret A. Wheeler and Robert J. Henry), Sexual Plant Reproduction in Nature and in the Laboratory: XVIIth International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction (2002)
 

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The Australian plant DNA bank (with Nicole F. Rice, Maurizio Rossetto, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference (2002)
The Australian Plant DNA Bank (dnabank.com.au) is an innovative approach to ex-situ preservation of genetic...
 
The reproductive biology and genetic diversity of Potamophila parviflora R. Br. (Presentation) (with Margaret A. Wheeler and Robert J. Henry), Plant breeding for the 11th millennium: Proceedings of the 12th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (2002)
 
Utilising the Australian plant DNA bank for plant breeding (with Nicole F. Rice, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, and Robert J. Henry), Plant breeding for the 11th millennium: Proceedings of the 12th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (2002)
 
Development of genomic resources for grape: BAC library construction preliminary STC analysis and identification of clones associated with flavonoid and stilbene biosynthesis (with Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Daniel G. Peterson, Tae-Jin Yang, Dorrie Main, Robert J. Henry, and Rod A. Wing), Plant and Animal Genome IX Conference (2001)
We have constructed a grape BAC library using the cultivar Syrah. The library contains 55,296...
 
New insights into leaf and berry physiology from analysis of 5000 Vitis ESTs (with Effie M. Ablett and Robert J. Henry), 6th International Symposium on Grapevine Physiology and Biotechnology (2001)
 
The Australian plant DNA bank (Presentation) (with Nicole F. Rice, Maurizio Rossetto, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), ComBio 2001 (2001)
 
The grape genome project (with Effie M. Ablett, George G. Seaton, Kirsten D. Scott, Dale A. Shelton, Guo-Hua Miao, Maureen Dolan, Michael Hanafey, Scott V. Tingey, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome IX Conference (2001)
In the area of plant genomics, work has concentrated on cereal and Arabidopsis genomics projects,...
 
Apomixis in a wild relative of rice? (with Margaret A. Wheeler and Robert J. Henry), 6th International Congress of Plants Molecular Biology (2000)
 
Apomixis in a wild relative of rice? (with Margaret A. Wheeler and Robert J. Henry), 6th International Congress of Plants Molecular Biology (2000)
 
Flavonoid biosynthesis genes from grape (Vitis vinifera) isolated by EST analysis (with Daniel LE Waters, Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), ComBio 2000 (2000)
 
Flavonoid biosynthesis genes from grape (Vitis vinifera) isolated by EST analysis (with Daniel LE Waters, Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), ComBio 2000 (2000)
 
Grape genome project (with Effie M. Ablett, Kirsten D. Scott, George G. Seaton, Dale A. Shelton, Michael W. Graham, Guo-Hua Miao, Maureen Dolan, Michael Hanafey, Scott V. Tingey, and Robert J. Henry), Combio 2000 (2000)
 
The grape genome project (Presentation) (with Effie M. Ablett, George G. Seaton, Kirsten D. Scott, Dale A. Shelton, Michael W. Graham, and Robert J. Henry), 6th International Congress of Plants Molecular Biology (2000)
 
A breeding strategy based on molecular genetics to improve tea tree oil production (with Maurizio Rossetto, Laura E. Homer, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome VII Conference (1999)
Tea tree oil production from leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia is a significant agricultural industry with...
 
A tea tree breeding strategy based on molecular genetics (with Maurizio Rossetto, Laura E. Homer, Robert J. Henry, and David N. Leach), Proceedings of the 11th Australian Plant Breeding Conference (1999)
 
AFLPs differentiate a grape sport from its parent vine (with Kirsten D. Scott, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), 46th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Australia Inc (1999)
 
Analysis of grape EST’s: investigation of gene function in Arabidopsis (with Effie M. Ablett, George G. Seaton, Timothy A. Holton, and Robert J. Henry), 10th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (1999)
The Australian Agriculture Research Institute is embarking on a large-scale grape EST analysis project. cDNA...
 
Analysis of grape EST’s: investigation of gene function in Arabidopsis (with Effie M. Ablett, George G. Seaton, Timothy A. Holton, and Robert J. Henry), 10th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (1999)
The Australian Agriculture Research Institute is embarking on a large-scale grape EST analysis project. cDNA...
 
Analysis of the grape genome (with Robert J. Henry, Effie M. Ablett, Maurizio Rossetto, George G. Seaton, and Michael Staley), Plant and Animal Genome VII Conference (1999)
The grape genome is relatively small (approximately 500Mbp) making it an attractive target for genomics....
 
Analysis of the grape genome (with Robert J. Henry, Effie M. Ablett, Maurizio Rossetto, George G. Seaton, and Michael Staley), Plant and Animal Genome VII Conference (1999)
The grape genome is relatively small (approximately 500Mbp) making it an attractive target for genomics....
 
Cross species amplification of microsatellite loci: a valuable tool for genetic studies in plants (with Maurizio Rossetto, Mervyn Shepherd, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Fiona CL Harriss, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome VII Conference (1999)
In recent times microsatellite analysis has become a favourite tool for a multitude of genetic...
 
Molecular genetic approaches to the development of improved products from medicinal plants (with Robert J. Henry, Maurizio Rossetto, Peter R. Baverstock, Dale A. Shelton, and David Leach), Herbal Medicine into the New Millenium Conference: An International Forum on the Science, Regulation, Production & Clinical Application of Medicinal Plants (1999)
 
Molecular genetic approaches to the development of improved products from medicinal plants (with Robert J. Henry, Maurizio Rossetto, Peter R. Baverstock, Dale A. Shelton, and David N. Leach), Herbal Medicine into the New Millenium Conference: An International Forum on the Science, Regulation, Production & Clinical Application of Medicinal Plants (1999)
 
Analysis of grape expressed sequences tags (with Effie M. Ablett and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Grapevine Genetics and Breeding (1998)
 
Isolation and characteristics of new grape microsatellites (with Kirsten D. Scott, T Dow, and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Grapevine Genetics and Breeding (1998)
 
Micropropagation of table and wine grapes (with A Akula, T Dow, and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Grapevine Genetics and Breeding (1998)
 
Microsatellite analysis of tea tree (Myrtaceae) population genetics (with Maurizio Rossetto, Robert J. Henry, and Peter R. Baverstock), Plant and Animal Genome VI Conference (1998)
Melaleuca alternifolia is grown for commercial production of Tea Tree oil which is used for...
 
Analysis of plant microsatellites (with Robert J. Henry, Tina L. Maguire, Maurizio Rossetto, A McLauchlan, Laura E. Homer, Stephen H. Garland, S Weining, Michael J. Cross, Ram B. Gupta, Mervyn Shepherd, and Peter R. Baverstock), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australia Inc (1997)
 
Genetic diversity within tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) (with Robert J. Henry, Peter R. Baverstock, Laura E. Homer, Maurizio Rossetto, Tina L. Maguire, A McLauchlan, and David Lea), Third National Conference of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation (1997)
 
Genetic improvements of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) using DNA microsatellites (with Robert J. Henry, Peter R. Baverstock, Laura E. Homer, Maurizio Rossetto, and Tina L. Maguire), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biotechnology of Tropical and Subtropical Species (1997)
 
Population genetics of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) using DNA microsatellites (with Maurizio Rossetto, Robert J. Henry, Peter R. Baverstock, and Tina L. Maguire), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australia Inc (1997)